Ecclesiastes 6:5

New International Reader's Version

It didn’t even see the sun. It didn’t know anything at all. But it has more rest than that man does.

Cross References

Job 14:1

“Human beings have only a few days to live. Their lives are full of trouble.

Psalm 58:8

Let them be like a slug that melts away as it moves along. Let them be like a baby that is born dead and never sees the sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Light is sweet. People enjoy being out in the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But someone who hasn’t been born yet is better off than the dead or the living. That’s because that person hasn’t seen the evil things that are done on earth.

Ecclesiastes 6:4

That kind of birth doesn’t have any meaning. The baby dies in darkness and leaves this world. And in darkness it is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

And that’s true even if he lives for 2,000 years but doesn’t get to enjoy his wealth. All people die and go to the grave, don’t they?